Kanom Krok: The Best Thai Street Food + Recipe

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For food-loving travelers, finding a hole-in-the-wall eatery or neighborhood culinary secret can feel like striking gold. Since I’m always on a Quest for the Best, some of my most exciting travel experiences have been finding a place that only a local would know. When preparing to spend a few months in Thailand, I wanted to […]

Bangkok’s Best Restaurants: Dinner at Hanazen

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I’m always on a mission to find Bangkok’s best restaurants. Wandering down a small residential street in Northeastern Bangkok, I stumbled upon Hanazen. I’d like to say it’s rare that I’d fly to the other side of the world for a meal. But here, in front of me stood a small, unassuming Japanese restaurant worthy […]

Bangkok’s Best Restaurants: Dinner at Soei

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We decided to leave Ari for a lunch adventure, so we grabbed and Uber and headed for a local authentic Thai food Mecca: Soei. They offer outdoor and indoor seating areas, but given the 100F weather, we opted for air conditioning. Depending on the weather, outdoor seating could be more fun because their kitchen is […]

Quest for the Best: Pla Tubtim Rad Prik

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  Quest for the Best: Pla Tubtim Rad Prik (Fried Fish + Chili-Garlic Sauce) In this first edition of Quest for the Best, I’m featuring my favorite Thai dish called Pla Tubtim Rad Prik, which is a fried fish with fresh chili sauce. The first time I had the fish dish was at a street […]

Food + Drink Tour in Ari, Bangkok

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Where to find the best food and drinks in Ari, Bangkok. The first thing you notice when you arrive in Ari, a small neighborhood in Bangkok, is the splash of pink food stands lining the sidewalks. Ari is little like what I image a baby Brooklyn to be. The food scene, the craft beer, the […]

Bangkok Food: Chatuchak Weekend Market

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Arguably one of the most popular outdoor markets in Bangkok, the famed Chatuchak Weekend Market is a true cultural paradise. Fashion, art, food and music concentrated into one weekend market for travelers to revel in Thai offerings is quite an experience. If one of the only things you know about Thailand is that they are […]

What To Do First: Bangkok Street Food

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What should you do FIRST when visiting a new city? I knew my first day in Bangkok would inevitably end by exploring the Bangkok street food scene. But it started with a rooftop swim. I was up by 6:00am the first morning and threw on a bathing suit and robe and swam laps in the […]

Arriving in Bangkok: Hotel and Restaurant

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This blog is going to begin with Bangkok because that’s where I started… Our trek to Bangkok was a long one. We flew Qatar Airways which we loved because we felt treated like royalty and their vegetarian flight food was better than most. We changed flights at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar’s capital city. […]